Graveside funeral services for Mr. Adrian Ledda, 87, of Carthage, Texas will be 9:00 a.m. Thursday, September 18, 2025, at Odd Fellows Cemetery. Burial will follow under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Mr. Adrian Enrico Ledda was born July 4, 1938, in Redwood City, California. He passed this life September 13, 2025, in Tyler, Texas. Adrian was born to the marriage of Jewel Crowel...

Patrick Dancer, 27, of Woodside, California, died on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, following a motorcycle accident on Highway 280, at 5pm, where he succumbed to his injuries. Born on October 29, 1997, in Redwood City, Patrick spent most of his life in Woodside, where he was known for his adventurous spirit and his love of the outdoors. He was a true thrill-seeker who embraced life fully, whethe...

Bonnie Jean Blythe was born in Oakland, California at the East Oakland Hospital on July 24, 1932. She lived in Oakland on Lawlor Street, near 94th Avenue, with her parents until college. She attended Pacific Union College in Angwin, CA and graduated in 1955 with a major in Elementary Education. She spent one year, between her Sophomore and Junior years, teaching in Placerville, CA and taught after...

James C. Van Horne, a long-time resident of Palo Alto and professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, died at Stanford Hospital on Monday, September 1st at the age of 90. Jim led an amazing and very fulfilling life. His love of family – his wife Mimi, three sons, and seven grandchildren – allowed for many wonderful times together. Jim was born on August 6, 1935 in South Bend, ...

On August 30, 2025 Wilna 'Jean' (Davis) Johnston passed away... Jean was 99 years old, and was born in Indiana, where she was raised by her mother, with her older sister Alice, and her cousin Edna. She attended University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, and majored in Mathematics where she met Robert H. Johnston while working at the university's radio station. They were married soon after college, a...

Robert (Bob) Bostwick Beim, affectionately known as “Bear,” passed away peacefully surrounded by family on August 26, 2025. He was 82 years old. Born in Minneapolis and raised in California, Bob attended Menlo High School in Atherton as a boarding student. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1966 with a degree in Biological Sciences, where he was a member of Beta T...

Gayle Maehara Nakano, a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother passed away on August 25th, 2025, due to injuries sustained in an accident in a parking lot a few days prior. Gayle Kazue Maehara was born in Puunene, Maui. The daughter of Ichiro “Iron” and Florence Maehara, and older sister to brother Paul, she was raised surrounded by family, with a focus on education, and love of baseball. ...

Barbara Bong Blinn, 83, of Wheaton, IL passed away peacefully on August 25 surrounded by her care team and family. She was born in Chicago, IL on December 31, 1941 to Jane and Kenneth Bong from North Dakota and was raised in Menlo Park, CA. In the second half of her life, she lived in the Wheaton area for 42 years. Barbara is predeceased by her loving husband, James Kemper Blinn, and is surv...

On August 23, 2025 Helen ‘Honey’ Lechner (nee McLaughlin), daughter of James Robert McLaughlin and Winifred McLaughlin (nee Maher), loving wife of Albert ‘Al’ Lechner (deceased, 2009), and adored aunt, great-aunt, sister-in-law, and friend, passed away at the age of 80. Helen was nicknamed Honey at birth by her mother who rightly looked down at her beautiful new baby and exclaimed, “Isn�...

We celebrate the life of Sonia Gay Shepard, a fourth generation Californian, who passed away peacefully at her home in Atherton, California, on August 18, 2025, surrounded by her family, gardens, dogs, and devoted caregivers. Born in Visalia, California, on October 27, 1935, to Otto and Carol Lambert, Sonia’s early life was marked by both tragedy and resilience. Orphaned at the age of two whe...

Joseph D. Putnam died peacefully at his home in Woodside on August 11, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. He was 90 years old. Born in Gregory, South Dakota, Joe was one of six children of Francis and Bertha Putnam. He was raised on his family’s farm, where,  during the depths of the Depression and the Dustbowl, they carried their water to the house in buckets from a well, their heat was p...

Terry L. Griffith August 17, 1943 – August 9, 2025 Terry Griffith passed away on August 9 after a prolonged illness. He was a resident of Menlo Park for 45 years. Terry was born to Joseph and Mary Griffith in Covington, KY, and was raised in Cincinnati, OH. After graduating from high school, where he excelled in football and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, he enlisted in the Air ...

David Elliott, beloved father, grandfather, and friend passed away peacefully on August 6, 2025. He was born in Los Angeles, California, and his early life revolved around education, photography, and experiencing theater through his mother, Millie, who was a stage actress in Pasadena. After graduating from Stanford University with a B.S. in physics, he completed his PhD in high-energy nuclear phys...

Esther Heslop died peacefully on August 6, 2025, in Bend, Oregon at the age of 93. Known as “Mummy” to her children and their friends alike, and “Grummy” to her grandchildren, Esther’s life was marked by grand adventures, generous hospitality, and life-long friendships that spanned the globe. Her enthusiasm was contagious, her energy boundless and her laugh unforgettable to the end. B...